The corpus record

ἰχν-εύω

ichneuo

track out, hunt after

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Where it lives

On Hunting 9 · 9.89/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

track out, hunt after, hunting by scent, seeking for, follow on the track of, emulate

track out, hunt after, S. Aj. 20, OT 221, 476 (lyr.); ἰ. θῆρας κυσίν E. Cyc. 130; κύνες ἰχνεύουσαι hunting by scent, Pl. Lg. 654e: metaph., κατὰ σοῦ τὴν ψῆφον ἰ. seeking for a vote of condemnation, Ar. Eq. 808; ἰ. τὰ λεχθέντα Pl. Prm. 128c; τὴν τοῦ καλοῦ φύσιν Id. R. 401c; [σοφίαν] LXX Si. 51.15; ἰχνεύεις . . τίς εἴμʼ ἐγώ . .; Epigr.Gr. 227 (Teos); follow on the track of, emulate, ματραδελφεούς Pi. P. 8.35.

2 to hunt

ἰ. ὄρη to hunt the mountains, X. Cyn. 4.9.

In the wild

ἰχνεύειν · ichneuein Epictetus, Discourses 4.5 (DIORISIS sentence 6542)
ἰχνεύειν · ichneuein Herodotus, Histories 1.136.2 (DIORISIS sentence 999)
ἰχνεύσας · ichneusas Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 557)
ἰχνευούσαις · ichneuousais Plato, Laws 654
ἰχνεῦσαι · ichneusai Plato, Laws 728
ἰχνεύεις · ichneueis Plato, Parmenides 128

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Where it came from

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